The Nigerian Army has called for more effective collaboration between security agencies and the people to tackle crime in Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers states.
General Officer Commanding, GOC 6 Division, Port Harcourt, Major General Jamil Sarham made this call in an interview in Port Harcourt, Rivers state.
He made the call on the sideline of a camp fire ceremony organised to mark the end of the 2019 Nigerian Army Day Celebration.
Sarham decried the upsurge in criminality across the country and expressed optimism that ongoing efforts to end insecurity would be successful with synergy from stakeholders.
Sarham, represented by the Commander of 6 Division
Garrison, Brigadier Genearal Adeola Kalejaiye, listed some of the insecurity
the army was tackling to include kidnapping and cultism.
